The Toynbee Convector
- by Ray Bradbury, directed by John Laing
- TV Episode
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Debatable Time Travel
- English
- “The Toynbee Convector” by Ray Bradbury, directed by John Laing (USA Network, USA, 26 October 1990).
At the end of Bradbury’s adaptation of his own earlier story, he adds a holo-twist that viewers of The Ray Bradbury Theater may have enjoyed.
—Michael Main
Stiles: For years I brooded on it. I was in complete despair, and then one night, I was rereading H. G. Wells and his wonderful time machine, and then it struck me. “Eureka!” I cried, “I’ve found it. This [pounds book in hand] is my blueprint.”
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: The “trip” began in the year 2000.
- Circa AD 2100 to 2199: One hundred years later.
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- “The Toynbee Convector” by Ray Bradbury, directed by John Laing (USA Network, USA, 26 October 1990).
Ray Bradbury (story)
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Mark Massari [uncredited] (based on another source)
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based on “The Toynbee Convector” by Ray Bradbury
Indexer Notes
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- Classification—As with the original story, it would be more accurate to classify “Toynbee” as having no time phenomena, but we couldn’t bring ourselves to do that.